Re: Peak Ethanol

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

It makes me angry to hear these damned politicians conflate "fighting
global warming" with "attaining energy independence" in order to
justify ethanol. Ethanol DOES NOT help fight global warming at all.
Hello, using involves burning it, which produces CO2... And "energy
independence" is just a slogan for the worst kind of economic
protectionism.

On 6/21/07, s.artesian <sartesian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Financial Times,  20 June 07
>
> HARSH REALITIES IMPINGE ON EARLY PROMISE
>
> "...But in the past few months many claims made for biofuels
> have been shown to be out of touch with reality.  The first-
> generation biofuels, grain ethanol and biodiesel, are costly,
> often of questionable environmental merit, and cannot replace
> a fraction of world demand for oil.
>
> Brazilian ethanol from sugarcane, a cheaper and cleaner
> althernative, is viable domestically but held back by trade
> barriers....."
>
> _________________
>
> Of course the sugarcane to ethanol production process only
> increases the power of latifundismo in Brazil, and there is
> no poverty like the poverty generated by sugarcane...
>
> It's all about cash, that mean green.  The peak issue
> is that of the rate of return on investment.


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